More than 875,000 in Florida sign up for Obamacare coverage in 2017

About 4 million Americans, including more than 875,000 Floridians, have signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan on healthcare.gov since open enrollment began on Nov. 1. With the Dec. 15 deadline to sign up for an ACA plan that begins coverage on New Year’s Day, the Obama administration reported a surge in enrollment this week. In 2016, more than 1.5 million Floridians were enrolled in an ACA plan.

About 4 million Americans, including more than 875,000 Floridians, have signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan on healthcare.gov since open enrollment began on Nov. 1. With the Dec. 15 deadline to sign up for an ACA plan that begins coverage on New Year’s Day, the Obama administration reported a surge in enrollment this week. In 2016, more than 1.5 million Floridians were enrolled in an ACA plan.

During the first six weeks of open enrollment for an Affordable Care Act health plan, more than 875,000 consumers in Florida — and about 4 million nationwide — signed up for 2017 coverage, the Obama administration reported this week.

In Florida, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market had signed up the most consumers in the state through Dec. 10, with about 343,000 people selecting a health plan for the coming year. Open enrollment ends on Jan. 31.

Since open enrollment launched on Nov. 1, Florida has led all 39 states using the federally run ACA exchange at healthcare.gov, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or CMS.

As of Dec. 10, about 4 million people had selected plans using the ACA exchange, including more than 1.1 million new consumers and 2.9 million renewing their coverage, CMS reported.

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With the Dec. 15 deadline to sign up for an ACA plan that begins coverage on New Year’s Day, enrollment on healthcare.gov spiked this week when more than 700,000 people selected a plan — resulting in two of the busiest days among the four open enrollment periods. Late Thursday, the Obama administration extended the enrollment deadline to Dec. 19 for coverage that begins on Jan. 1

Since open enrollment began on Nov. 1 for the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchange at healthcare.gov, 878,670 Florida consumers had selected a plan for 2017 coverage as of Dec. 10, according to the Obama administration. Open enrollment ends on Jan. 31.

53,177 in Fort Myers-Naples

46,005 in Jacksonville

343,473 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale

160,459 in Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne

140,008 Tampa-Saint Petersburg

92,560 in West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce

* Data current as of Dec. 10, 2017

Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services